Cheese-cutter.



No. 776,168. I PATENTED NOV. 1

B. BLOOD. 29 904 CHEESE CUTTER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9, 1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented November 29, 1904.

BURR BLOOD, OF COEUR DALENE, IDAHO.

CHEESE-CUTTER,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 776,168, dated November29, 1904.

Application filed March 9, 1904. Serial No. 197,239. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BURR BLooD, acitizen of the United States, and aresident of Coeur dAlene, in the county of Kootenai and State 0t Idaho,have made certain new and useful Improvements in Cheese-Cutters, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in cheese cutters, seeking to provide anovel construction whereby to indicate the amount of cheese to be out tosecure a slice of any desired weight; and the invent-ion consists incertain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will behereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cheese-cutterembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the base with thecheese-moving devices in place and the operatingdever in the position itoccupies at the beginning of a stroke. Fig. 3 is a similar view with theoperating-lever in the position it occupies at the end of a stroke. Fig.A is a detail top plan view of the cheeseplate or plate for supportingthe cheese. Fig. 5 is a detail cross-section of the device on line 5 5of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a partial top plan view, and Fig. 7 across-section, of the operating-lever with the slide in place; and Fig.8 is a detail view of the stop-plate for limiting the movements of theoperating-lever.

In the construction shown my device includes a base A, to which ispivoted at B the blade B. As shown, the blade 13 is pivoted to a lateralsupporting portion a of the base A, so such blade may be tilted out ofthe way to permit the application of a cover to inclose the cheese. Thedevice also includes the cheese-plate (J for siipporting the cheese,said plate being pivoted on the pin U, mounted on the base A, theswinging arm D, pivoted at its inner end on the pin 0, the rocking dogE, pivoted to the arm D and forming a clutch engaged with thecheese-plate, the operating-lever F, pivoted at its inner end at F andhaving at its outer end a handle at F whereby it may be swung, a slideGr, movable longitudinally along the lever F, a link H, connecting saidslide with the rocking-dog E, whereby to operate said dog and throughthe dog to swing the arm D in the manner presently described, and stopsI and I to limit the movements of the operating-lever in both Idirections.

The cheese is supported on the plate (1, which latter turns on the pivotC, and motion is given to the plate Cto move the cheese by the swingingof the arm D, the latter being clutched to the cheese-plate by the dogE. This dog E is pivoted at E on the arm D, has at its outer end ashoulder at Efllapping alongside the plate C and arranged to bind thesame when the arm D is moved from left to right, (see Figs. 2 and 3,)the inner arm oi. the dog being extended to form a comparatively longarm with which the link His connected at has shown in Figs. 2 and 8. Theoperating-lever F moves between the stops I and I, and when said lever Fis in the position shown in Fig. 3 and is moved to the left its firstaction is to release the shoulder E from engagement with the plate (1,so the movement of the lever F from the position shown in Fig. 3 to thatshown in Fig. 2 will not operate the cheese plate C. In other words,when the operating-lever is moved from right to left it does not etiectany operation or movement of the cheese-plate, while the movement of thesaid lever F from its position as shown at the left in Fig. 2 to theposition shown at the right will operate to turn the disk U adistancecorresponding to the length of movement of the lever F. In other Words,when the lever F is moved 1n one d1- rection it operates the plate C,while its movement in the reverse direction does not operate the saidplate, the clutch binding the plate 0 in one direction and being freedfrom said plate when moved in the other direction, as will be understoodfrom Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings.

To vary the extent of movement of the arm D with the same movement ofthe lever F, I provide a slide G, movable along the lever F and forminga shifting connection between the link H and the said operating-lever.As shown, the slide (Jr is a bar seated in a longitudinal groove f inthe upper face of the lever F, said bar G being provided with a pointerGr, registering along graduations g on the lever F and denoting thetotal number of pounds in the cheese placed upon the plate C. It will benoticed that the cheeses range in weight from forty to twenty-ninepounds, the heavier indications appearing toward the inner end of theoperating-lever and ranging thence outward toward its outer end.

The stops I and I are shown as provided on a plate '2', which latter maybe provided between the stops I and I with notches or marks at a" toindicate the movement of the operating-lever to measure fractions of apound.

By means of the shifting connection it will be noticed that when thesaid shifting connection G is in its innermost position the arm D willbe given a certain movement by the full movement of the lever F, whileif the slide Gr be moved outward toward the outer end of the lever F themovement of said lever to the same extent as before will effect agreater movement of the swinging arm, according to the extent to whichthe said slide G is moved along the operating-lever.

In practice the plate C may be supported by rollers C from the base, asshown in Figs. 2, 3, and 5, if desired.

In operation if the lever F be in the position shown in Fig. 2 and it isdesired to cut from a cheese weighing, say, thirty two pounds (see Figs.2 and 6) a slice of cheese weighing one pound a cut may be made throughthe cheese, the knife raised, and the lever F be then moved to the rightfrom the position shown in Fig. 2 to that shown in Fig. 3, when thecheese will have been moved from the initial cut an extent necessary toprovide a slice weighing one pound, and the slices may be cutsuccessively from the cheese of any desired weight by moving thecheese-plate a distance corresponding to the weight of slice desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The improvement in cheese-cutters herein described comprising a base,an operatinglever pivoted to the base, a cheese-plate turn- 2. Thecombinationin a cheese-cutter of a base, a cheese-plate, a clutch toengage the cheese-plate, a movable carrier for said clutch, anoperating-lever, a link connected with the clutch, and a shiftingconnection between said link and the operating-lever substantially asset forth.

3. The combination in a cheese-cutter of a movable cheese-plate, aclutch to engage said cheese-plate, a movable carrier for said clutch,an operating-lever, a slide movable along the operating-lever, and alink connecting said slide with the clutch substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of the base, a rocking arm pivoted to the base, acheese-plate pivoted to the base, a rocking dog pivoted to the arm andprovided with means for engagement with the cheese-plate, theoperating-lever, a link connected at one end with the rocking dog, and ashifting connection between said link and the operating-leversubstantially as set forth.

5. The combination in a cheese-cutter of a swinging arm, a dog jointedthereto, an operating-lever and connections between the operating-leverand the dog substantially as set forth.

6. The combination in a cheese-cutter of a swinging arm, a clutch devicethereon to engage with the clieeseqilate, an operating-lever, andconnecting devices between the operating-lever and the clutch devices onthe swinging arm substantially as set forth.

7. The combination of the operating-lever having graduationscorresponding to the total w eight of the cheese, a slide movable alongsaid lever and registering with graduations thereon, the swinging arm, arocking dog thereon to engage with a cheese-plate, and connectionsbetween said dog and the slide of the operating-lever substantially asset forth.

8. The combination in a cheese-cutter of a swinging arm, a dog pivotedto said arm and forming a clutch to engage with a cheeseplate and havinga portion projecting inwardly from its pivot toward the pivotal centerof such cheese-plate, and means connected with said inwardly-projectingportion whereby said dog may be operated.

BURR BLOOD.

\Vitnesses:

FRED L. BURGAN, JAMEs L. MoCLnAR.

